Little bit about me
I am the kind of person who puts great value on constant creativity, meaningful conversations, missed details, books and hidden layers within relationships... I love my kids, my husband, cats and sushi.
In designing my jewelry I have taken the sculptor’s view of designing and that has been the focus of my creative process. Every piece is a unique miniature sculpting product. My ideas are mostly taken from nature in order to show the beauty that is sometimes hidden or distant. Work that I create is organic and some pieces might even seem a bit rough, but their true beauty lies in the details. This prompts the owner or spectator to give the pieces a lot of attention and interest, since they can always find a new story hidden in the details. All of my jewellery tells my personal story and confession and as such it is intended for anyone who is willing to listen.
And noew a lttle it aout the history of "lost wax" technique.
Wax carving is an essential skill for jewellery makers, allowing them to craft wax models that can be used to produce beautiful and intricately detailed jewellery pieces through the lost wax casting method. Also known by its French name, cire perdue, lost wax casting is an extremely versatile technique capable of accurately reproducing complex designs in metal, but it is also an ancient tradition with a rich history spanning more than five millennia.
The exact origins of lost wax casting are shrouded in mystery and it is possible that the technique was developed independently in different regions, but archaeological records suggest that the method was first used at some point in the fourth millennium BC.
Prior to this, molten copper was transformed into relatively rudimentary tools and weapons using simple open or two-part moulds made from stone or clay. The bright idea of first carving a wax model, around which a clay mould could then be formed and heated – a process which both hardens the clay shell and melts away the wax – meant that much more elaborate metal objects could be cast, and opened the door to a whole new world of craftsmanship and artistry.
Some of the earliest known objects produced in this way are decorative copper items found in the Nahal Mishmar hoard, in Southern Palestine, which have been dated back to 3700 BC. Other early lost-wax-cast pieces, from delicate miniatures and dress pins to life-size statues, have been found all around the world, in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, as well as in Africa and the Americas.
As the use of lost wax casting spread, new techniques and variations were introduced to the process. As well as copper, metal workers began casting pieces in bronze and gold. Furthermore, the development of hollow casting allowed for the production of hollow objects that could be made more cheaply, while the introduction of indirect casting made larger-scale pieces viable.
The biggest changes made to this ancestral technique, however, did not occur until the 20th century. Following initial developments in the dentistry sector, the jewellery industry had its own brainwave in 1936, when Danish engineer Thoger Gronborg Jungersen patented a method involving rubber moulds that could be reused to make multiple wax models without having to carve each one individually.
Today, between CAD and 3D printing, jewellers have a wide range of hi-tec design and production tools at their fingertips. But hand carving wax models for lost wax casting allows them to get in touch with the ancient roots of their profession by practising an art which, to this day, is still one of the most accurate methods of reproducing a detailed design in metal.
https://baj.ac.uk/historyofwaxcarving/
2019
2019
•Exebition in Ice land – ice sculptures, Ljubljana
•Holownia exhibition, Galeria Sztuki Legnica, Poland
2018
-Exibition Zvezdni kamni- tektiti; Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije, Ljubljana
–Exibition O..oblikovanje in Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
–Exibition in MAO, Ljubljana
- LJFW withDavidom Bacalijem in Editto Zelolepo, Ljubljana
- LJFW with Matejo Benedetti, Ljubljana
2017
-Exibition Zakulisje - Od ideje do nakita, Vilinski dvor, Maribor
-Ice land- Ledena dežela, skulpturing in ice
- Exibition Arhitektura večnosti, Galerija Feniks, Ljubljana
-Green Carpet Talent (matea benedetti by dalija sega)
-LjFW with Zoofa, Ljubljana
-MBFWLJ (matea benedetti by dalija sega), Ljubljana
-MBFWLJ (matea benedetti by dalija sega), Zagreb, Croatia
2016
–Skulpturing in Ledena dežela( Ice land)
– exibition FiloRosso – Mednarodni bienale sodobnega nakita, galery Drat, Izola, Slovenia
– exibition Primičeva Julija, galery Hiša na koncu tunela, Kranj, Slovenia
– exibition Legnica, Poland
-Oblikovalska identiteta Dalija Sega, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
- Sculpturing in Ledena dežela ( ice land ), Ljubljana
2015
- exibition FiloRosso – Mednarodni bienale sodobnega nakita in Muzeum of modern art, Muga, Italiy
– exibition Contemporary jewellery in galery Hiša na koncu tunela, Kranj, Slovenia
– presentation of new collection in Month of design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
– presentation of new collection Im gonna take that fear and wear it like a crown on internatoinal exibition MADRID JOYA, Madrid, Spain
– presentation of new collection Im gonna take that fear and wear it like a crown on international exibition JOYA, Barcelona, Spain
– exibition of contemporary jewellery Svetloba ujeta v kamen, Slovenian Museum of Natural History
Ljubljana, Slovenia
– presentation and publication of new collection Im gonna take that fear and wear it like a crown in Yearbook for world contemporary jewellery design Joya 2015/16
– exibition Macedonian ruby, galery Drat Izola, Slovenia
2014
-exebition in Zavod za kiparstvo - Searching for golden tartuff , Ljubljana, Slovenia
-exebition in Izola, Taktil gallery, 10th Anniversary od DONS - Contemporarty jewellry designers of Slovenia, with all the members of DONS.
-presentation of new collection " Im gonna take that fear and wear it like a crown" in Kava-Čaj Slamič with Mateja Benedetti, Jadranka Juras and Tina Marinšek
2013
-exebition Skrivnosti – Secrets in Slovenian Museum of Natural History Ljubljana, Slovenia
-Daydreaming project with Milanka Fabjančič and Ha-Ha.
2012
-exebition Esence of artistic jewelry - Bistvo je očem (ne)vidno, with Zlatarna Holz and Petra Bole, Romi Bukovec, Nataša Grandovec in Mojca Sekulič Fo, Ana Holc in Andreja Bertoncelj, Anda Klančič, Sandra Kocjančič in Tilen Žbona, Olga Košica in Rok Marinšek, Martina Obid Mlakar in Matic Sonnenwald, Helena Umberger, Irena Zupan Ambrožič in Anja Tolar, Jožef Vrščaj, Jasmina Weiss (mentor Vojko Pogačar) ter Žarko Ognjenović in Saša Leban in Maribor, Slovenia
2011
-in October I took part in international exebition of jewellery at the Kodre goldsmiths.
-design Expo Ljubljana
-eksebition Skrivnosti – Secrets; Betnavski dvorec, Maribor, Slovenija
-eksebition of slovenian jewelry designers published in a book of Lea Pisani- Obleka – kaj, kdaj, kako; Škrabčeva domačija, Ribnica , Slovenija
2009
- I took part in international exebition of conteporary jewellery of Dutch and Slovenian designers in Kresija galery, with designers: Gijs Bakker, Emmy van Leersum, Hilde Foks, Herman Hermansen, Peter Hoogeboom, Rian de Jong, Beppe Kessler, Ted Noten, Katja Prins, Celio Braga, Lucy Sarneel, Paul Derrez, Truike Vardegaal in Birgit Laken, Miša Jelnikar, Jelka in Jure Kodre, Žare Ognjenovič, Huberto Široka, Nataša Grandovec, Olga Košica, Martina Obid, Romi Bukovec, Doroteja Zupan, Srečko Molk, Jožef Vrščaj, Sandra Kocijančič, Tanja Zorn Grželj, Anda Klančič, Almina Durakovič, Christoph Steidl Porenta in Petra Bole
-in October I took part in international exebition of jewellery at the Kodre goldsmiths.
-.in june I took part in jewellery exhibition at C.N.A. in Trieste, Italy.
-in may I took part in design festival - Assembly in Graz, Austria.
-in may I took part in fashion week- design from central and east Evrope, in Studio AgAu, in Ljubljana.
2008
-in may I created pictures made of porcelain and silver for Inštitut Jožef Štefan - the conference http://ct3.ijs.si/ws-debate/
-in july I took part in jewellery exhibition at Atelje za nakit April – Nataša Grandovec in Maribor.
-in October I took part in international exebition of jewellery at the Kodre goldsmiths.
-in October I took part in international jewellery exebition Gioielli contemporanei in the gallery Tergesteo in Trieste, Italy.
-at the "Rožnata pentlja" jewellery competition by Ona magazine I was chosen as one of the 20 finalists out of 500 jewellery designers.
2007
-in february i created sculptures for Inštitu Jožef Štefan -workshop http://kt.ijs.si/dunja/cec-wys/WomenInICT2007.htm
-n October I took part in the international jewellery exhibition at the Kodre goldsmiths.
-in July I took part at the joint exhibition called 2.m: vzporedne prakse in the Miklova hiša gallery in Ribnica.
-in March I designed jewellery and mannequins for the fashion show by Mateja Benedetti – The last supper, at the Stara Mestna Elektrarna www.benedetti.si
-in February I took part in the Family ties exhibition at the International Centre for Graphic Arts.